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"The objective of the biological phase of the study was to document the effects of harvesting commercial-sized brown shrimp on sub-commercial pink shrimp during late fall, and to determine survival of overwintering pink shrimp during the following spring. The purpose of the economics study was to specify a framework within which alternative public policy actions concerning pink shrimp discard can be evaluated."--Leaf 2.

"In an attempt to provide economic data which can be utilized in the development of effective management strategies for the marine fisheries within the southeastern United States, the Southeast Fisheries Center (SEFC) of the National Marine Fisheries...

"This annotated bibliography was initially developed from literature related to the economics and biology of the Gulf of Mexico and south Atlantic shrimp fisheries. In the process of assembling this information, it became apparent that much of the re...

South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (U.S.). United States, National Marine Fisheries Service., Southeast Region.. United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration., Office of Program Planning and Integration,.

Published:

2012

Description:

"The Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (Shrimp FMP) includes a process through which a state can request a concurrent closure of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) to penaeid shrimp harvest when state waters c...